The North Dakota Association of Oil and Gas Producing Counties has matching funds available for six cities in the Bakken affected by oil activity that will be used to assess future needs based on a range of oil prices. READ MORESHARE

Crescent Point Energy, a Canadian-based exploration and production company with operations in the Williston Basin, expects to spend between $950 million to $1.3 billion in 2016 across its Canadian and U.S. operations. READ MORESHARE

Citing violations of NAFTA and the U.S. Constitution, TransCanada is going to court to recoup $15 billion in losses stemming from the Obama administration's refusal to approve the Keystone XL pipeline. READ MORESHARE

New pipeline regulations proposed by the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration are too restrictive in some cases, the American Petroleum Institute said in comments it submitted to the agency.READ MORESHARE